Caradrina morpheus (Hufnagel, 1766)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Caradrinini → subtribe Caradrinina → genus Caradrina → subgenus Caradrina → species Caradrina morpheus
Species name(s)
Caradrina (Caradrina) morpheus (Hufnagel, 1766) = Phalaena morpheus Hufnagel, 1766 = Phalaena (Noctua) pulla Beckwith, 1794 = Noctua sepii Hübner, [1803] = Athetis dresnayi Lucas, 1933 = Athetis morpheus alpina Hartig, [1938] = Caradrina morphes = Caradrina (Caradrina) morpheus. [9, 10]
Mottled Rustic.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 8.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
32—38 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Finland France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and the Faroe Islands ?, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 32-38 mm. [PC93].
Imago lifespan
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Wormwood (Artemisia), bindweed (Convolvulus), Lettuce (Lactuca), Deadnettle (Lamium), Highlander (Polygonum), sorrel (Rumex), Nettle (Urtica) [PC93].
Subspecies of Caradrina morpheus
- Caradrina morpheus alpina Hartig, 1938. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vitaly Gumenuk, Marija Jaunkunga. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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